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Pandits slam community members who met Hurriyat leaders

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Press Trust of India New Delhi

A conference held here under the banner of Panun Kashmir condemned those who met the separatist leaders in April, terming it as a "self-seeking" act.

"All of us convey in very strong and unambiguous terms our condemnation of the act of the group of Kashmiri Hindus having met Hurriyat leaders in the Kashmir Valley recently. The group has brought shame to the entire community of Kashmiri Hindus," a resolution adopted at the meeting said.

"We, Kashmiri Pandits, disown the activities of those who met Hurriyat leaders. We want to state unambiguously that they represent only themselves or their masters at whose behest they work," it said.

 

The resolution said Kashmiri Hindus consider the leaders of separatist movement of Jammu and Kashmir as "extremely regressive" who seek to destroy all kinds of freedom which human kind should enjoy.

Addressing the meet, Panun Kashmir Chairman Ajay Chrungoo said the act of the few individuals amounted to betrayal of the community and needed to be condemned.

Apprehending that some force would have been behind the development, he said such people act to create divisions within the community which was forced out of the Kashmir Valley by the separatists 23 years ago.

  

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First Published: Jun 10 2012 | 8:45 PM IST

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